battlements
Example Sentences
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A creaking staircase that overlooks crenellated battlements leads to the Long Gallery, another Anne of Cleves addition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Many visitors to Belfast's Titanic Quarter will have noticed the battlements of the Viking village, for instance, built just across the road from the Titanic Studios.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
The script includes a Chaplinesque chase shot on the battlements of Fort Totten, the Civil War site in Queens.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Partly in commemoration of that event, local fishermen put their own stamp on the Good Friday bier procession by lighting fires on the battlements of the Venetian-built fortifications.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2024
But with the gate out of operation, the courtyard battlements were as deserted as the rest of the building.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
